Earlier this week, some of the results of the December ESPN Sports Poll were released and garnered widespread attention for the news that Denver Bronco Tim Tebow received the most mentions as America’s favorite active professional athlete. Healthy debate and discussion ensued — an offshoot of all good polling — and it got us thinking about what exactly the ESPN Sports Poll is all about.

There are two key phrases in that paragraph: “garnered widespread attention” and “healthy debate and discussion ensued.”

When was the last time you did something that accomplished the former and led to the latter?